Summer 2015 Intern Wanted

IMMEDIATE OPENING AT OUR BUSY DESIGN STUDIO!

This is the perfect job for a local (Northern Virginia, Metropolitan Washington DC area) High School or College student interested in working in a creative environment to gain hands on experience for their resume.  Our prolific studio designs for the home decor industry. You can find Shell's art, designs and collections on a growing list of licensed products.  The Shell Rummel brand is poised for tremendous growth this year and we are excited to offer a glimpse of our dynamic work environment to a qualified new Intern.  We encourage you to view our website before submitting a resume for this position so that you have a feel for the kind of work we do.

Specifically, this year's summer Intern is being hired to assist with the following tasks:

  • Assist with the organization and implementation of a robust social media strategy for our growing Lifestyle Brand. Brainstorm and post interesting and relevant content to all social media platforms. Proficiency with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest is required.
  • Create and maintain an online storefront which includes: posting new available artwork by creating detail pages of each item being offered for sale within the storefront. Online storefronts are template based programs. 

General

  • FLEXIBLE Scheduling/Project dependent.... Start date, asap. The online storefront project is estimated at a 2 week commitment of time. The social media position is flexible and ongoing. Our studio has many tasks and opportunities for the enthusiastic student to tackle. 
  • Flexible scheduling around vacations
  • Excellent writing and good organizational skills a must
  • Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
  • Proficiency on a Mac computer
  •  Non smoker only
  • Compensation: Terms are negotiable depending upon experience level. 

Please submit your resume (if you currently have one) along with your summer availability and a letter of intent to Shell[at]shellrummel.com.

We look forward to hearing from you! 

 

Facebook Giveaway

Would you like to win one of my Fine Art Prints?  The two prints featured are from a few years back. #1 Striking Flint is a watercolor and #2 Questionable Journey is an Ink and watercolor. 

To Enter, I'm making it simple!  All you need to do is:
1. LIKE the facebook Post and, if you haven’t already, our business page as well.  
2. COMMENT on the Post telling us which Print resonates with you the most and why. 


We will choose our winner randomly on Monday, April 13th.  If inclined, I do hope you'll share this one along into your streams. I have a small but loyal following over on facebook. I post there regularly and enjoy the conversations that come my way. Hope you'll jump into this one... I'd love for my art to live with you!  

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Three New Bedding Collections Launching for Market Week

 

Soon on my way up to NYC for Spring Home Fashions Week! Launching three new bedding ensembles (Soft Repose, Oceana and Orchid) and coordinating shower curtains for all three collections. I am looking forward to seeing the products we design in our studio in person... it is always a thrill!! I'll be taking lots of pictures, meeting with retailers and seeing my agent team. Should be an exciting few days. For updates to my business news, please follow me over on my facebook page. 

 

2014 Licensing Highlights

Our year in Review... It makes me dizzy (in the best possible way;) to look back on the last year and see all we have accomplished in my design studio.  It was truly an extraordinary year for the Shell Rummel brand in the sense that much of the work we did during the year was in preparation for 2015.  We've been steadily focused, and as is true of most good things in life, patience rewards!  So many  beautiful new products are just about to launch! It's such a thrill:)  

If you haven't joined our mailing list yet, now is a great time to sign up. I am most active on our facebook page and welcome the conversation, so do come say hello if you are connected there, too. We'll be giving away some lovely products in the coming months so stay close. As always, my gratitude for your kind support of my art and design work.  - Shell

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Just a Glimpse- New Bedding for Fall Market

For months, my team and I have spent the majority of our time designing for Home Fashions Market Week which happens twice a year in New York City. Next week, I'll be there spending time with my agents, meeting with prospective new licensees and visiting my current partners in their showrooms as Fall Market kicks off.  Launching this season are 5 new bedding collections in partnership with Nostalgia Home as well as coordinated bath ensembles via Bacova Guild. Different for me this market, is that I have been invited to participate in the Retailer meetings for my bedding collections...I am thrilled to have this opportunity to meet  the top retailers face to face and introduce them to my designs. I am so proud of the work we have done. The designs are serene and soft, quietly elegant...I am hopeful the ensembles will be well received at market and I look forward to sharing photos of the actual bedding collections with you, once I am back in the studio. 

 

Studio Tour...Come Take a Look

For those who have known me a while, you may remember a few years back when I moved out of my old 1000+ square foot studio space and into my current space, which is a small, but sunny addition to my home. It wasn't an easy transition for me. I loved that old space and spent many years creating there and building up my business. It took a while for my home studio to begin to feel like a true work space again. But, as you can see, it's a vibrant and lovely space to work in. Yes, it is small... but the light is gorgeous, particularly in my mornings and late afternoons (a true cocoon of warmth),  I am surrounded by a rapidly growing collection of beautiful products featuring my designs and most importantly, I am comfortable and at ease creating here.  I hope you enjoy this little visual glimpse of what is truly sacred space to me.   

Shell Rummel Etsy Shop

Our Summer Intern, Gracie,  spent most of her time these last few weeks building a Shell Rummel Etsy store. I am happy to finally offer a small, personally curated selection of Giclee Prints and Original Paintings from my portfolio. I'm not yet sure if Etsy is the right place for my work, but many of you have suggested that I post there, so let's try it and see how the artwork is received. We'll be adding art in phases, beginning with the Originals. Prints will follow, soon. Additionally, if there is interest, I may add in some notecard sets, cell phone cases, mugs, stationery and other small products that feature my art. Let me know if there is a product line of mine that you would like to see represented in the shop.  Gratitude to Gracie, who was only with us in our studio for a short time, but who did some great work, including making this Sneak Peek video. 

I invite you to visit the Shell Rummel Etsy shop

Meet Gracie, Our New Studio Intern

Hello, my name is Gracie and I am the new intern for Shell Rummel. I will be diving into multiple passions of mine to help Shell’s business; social media marketing, videography and photography. I just graduated from Lynchburg College in May and am thrilled to work with Shell as it is one of my first opportunities as a college graduate. I grew up with a passion for painting and drawing, but over time, the world of photography and videography added to my interests, as I currently enjoy a wide variety of mediums. This internship position appealed to me because it sounded like I would be able to apply almost all of my interests and areas of knowledge, improve them, and also help Shell continue to succeed as a designer. I come from a family of entrepreneurs and as I hope to be an entrepreneur myself one day, I am excited to learn an incredible amount from Shell and her growing business. 

I am so pleased to have Gracie joining us in the studio and I look forward to seeing all she can accomplish as she begins to build our social media presence as well as our Etsy storefront. Gracie brings enthusiasm, creative ideas and a solid work ethic to the job. She and I will share the responsibility of posting content to our various social media venues and interacting with our growing following, so do welcome her warmly when your paths cross!   -- Shell

To The Sea

Two days at the ocean to fill my soul well back up. A spontaneous trip that was needed, despite the hellish drive (15+hours total).  And even if the weather was less than glorious, it simply didn't matter...Awake at dawn to absorb the filtered light and it was so lovely, making all the colors softer, gentler somehow. I wished I had my paints with me at that moment to capture the subtle grays and greens. Really enjoyed the pier... from above,  the water shone emerald. Standing underneath, it was haunting the way the tide slowly rolled in then crashed around pillar only to smooth out once again leaving a trace of foamy lace.  Mid day,  the largest sand dunes on the East coast called my name ... a climb to the top, sandwiched between views of sea and sound. Loved the wind up there... And it carried all the way back to the shoreline, whipping waves wild and frothy, inspiring paintings yet to come...  

Intern Wanted

Immediate opening at our busy design studio for a Summer Intern!

This is the perfect job for a local (Northern Virginia, Metropolitan Washington DC area) High School or College student interested in working in a creative environment to gain hands on experience for their resume.  Our prolific studio designs for the home decor industry. You can find Shell's art, designs and collections on a vast list of licensed products.  The Shell Rummel brand is poised for tremendous growth this year and we are excited to offer a glimpse of our dynamic work environment to a qualified new Intern.  We encourage you to view our website before submitting a resume for this position so that you have a feel for the kind of work we do.

Generally, our Intern will assist with the following variety of tasks:

  • Assist with the organization and implementation of a robust social media strategy for our growing Lifestyle Brand. Brainstorm and post interesting and relevant content to all social media platforms. Proficiency with facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest is required.
  • Write and post blog posts
  • Catalogue, organize and maintain a large collection of fine art Originals and Prints
  • Print fine art giclee prints using our professional printing equipment
  • Photograph a revolving assortment of available artwork
  • Create and maintain an Etsy storefront which includes: posting new available artwork, creating detail pages of each item being offered for sale within the storefront, professionally wrap artwork for shipment and mail sold artwork. 

General

  • Available 1-2 days/week, 8-10 hours/week, July and August with the opportunity to extend hours into the Fall (Must be someone in the Northern VA/Washington DC metropolitan area).
  • Flexible scheduling around vacations
  • Excellent writing and good organizational skills a must
  • Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
  • Proficiency on a Mac computer
  • Possible college credit 
  •  Non smoker only
  • Compensation: We are offering a percentage of sale for all fine art sold under our Intern's direction during the length of employment with Shell Artistree LLC. Terms are negotiable. 

Please submit your resume, availability, letter of intent, as well as one additional writing sample to Shell[at]shellrummel.com. We look forward to hearing from you! 

 

This explains everything...

Who remembers Colorforms? :))

I LOVED this toy when I was a little girl...had every set shown below as well as many featured in the video via the link below... Including....(drumroll please) Tina Traveler!! Oh yes... I remember most of all, her clothes! And, ah yes... the way the plastic smelled (knowing nods, yes?)  And then there was Miss Weather, too... She had really cool rain boots.

Hours and hours of quiet, creative, imaginative play that surely was my earliest inspiration leading me towards a career in #fashion #illustration and #design;)  Fantastic!

Check out more sets, here:) 

 

Preparing for NYC and Surtex2014

The month of May has become notorious in my studio for being a bit chaotic.  We are in preparation mode for Surtex, one of our biggest trade shows of the year and Licensing expo in Las Vegas is right on its heals in mid June.  Trade shows like these require so much work in advance on our end in order for my agent team to be able to best represent my designs. So for the better part of two months, we have been finalizing new collections, updating my portfolio of designs available for licensing, creating marketing materials, art and banner images for the walls of my agent's trade show booths, arranging meetings with my licensees and organizing my travel plans for the limited time I will be in the city. It's a lot of work and yet, chaotic as the pace is,  I love it all! 

I'll also be visiting my newest licensee in their Fifth Avenue showroom for a working meeting.  I'm in the midst of designing several new Bedding Ensembles for them that will launch at Fall Market Week in NYC so the timeline is tight.  Decisions need to be made about fabrics, decorative trims and embellishments, colors... all the details that go into making a collection truly special.  I am excited to get to work,  really dig in and learn more about their production process and see what's possible! 

 

Countdown To Surtex

Thrilled to be beautifully represented at Surtex again this year by my licensing team, Jewel Branding. This is a show that I really look forward to...Love to walk the aisles,  spend time with my agent team, meet with some of my current licensees and also have the opportunity to meet with new companies who might be a good fit for my art and design work.  If you'll be attending, let me know!  I'd enjoy meeting up to share a cup of coffee, walk the show or take in a little eye candy at one of the most inspiring shows of all,  ICFF.  My design assistant, Rachel and I have been working hard to ensure that my newest collections look their best for presentation at Surtex.  As always, honored to be a part of it all and excited by the possibility of what's to come... Wishing everyone who will be exhibiting a successful show! 

It was what I was born for... to look, to listen...

Mindful ~ by Mary Oliver

Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less

kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle

in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for -
to look, to listen,

to lose myself
inside this soft world -
to instruct myself
over and over

in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,

the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant -
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,

the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help

but grow wise
with such teachings
as these -
the untrimmable light

of the world,
the ocean's shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?